Gifts of the Real Estate Magi, circa 2007

by Cathleen Collins

Realtor, Staging Consultant

Thank you, Russell, for the gold you so generously share.

Was Brian the mortgage industry’s Clarence this year?

I think the difference between frankincense and myrrh is appropriate to this metaphor: Compilation and organization of the holy oil of Real Estate Weblogging came to us by way of the prickly shrub.

Merry Christmas to all!

See you next year…

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5 Comments

Brian Brady says:

What a nice compliment, Cathy!

I was introduced to Bastiat yesterday and now Rockwell today. Come on! Give me one more libertarian thinker for Christmas.

December 24, 2007 — 2:45 pm
Greg Swann says:
> Give me one more libertarian thinker for Christmas.

Mentioned him last night in a comment: H.L. Mencken:
- I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind – that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.
- I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent, can be anything but vicious.
- I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war upon liberty…
- I believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches, and deserves no more respect.
- I believe in the complete freedom of thought and speech…
- I believe in the capacity of man to conquer his world, and to find out what it is made of, and how it is run.
- I believe in the reality of progress.
- I – But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.
December 24, 2007 — 2:56 pm
Russell Shaw says:

🙂 You are so sweet!

December 24, 2007 — 8:33 pm
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Cathleen Collins says:

Not sweet, Russell. I believe that each of these gifts are singularly important to the issues real estate professionals are dealing with today. How do you grow your business? How do you write a great weblog? Dissuade the functionaries from going off and messing things up more with their political reaction. All profound stuff bestowed upon anyone who wishes to benefit. Again, thank you.

December 26, 2007 — 1:10 pm
Matthew Hardy says:

On Mencken and Hubbard:

Peace from trust. Trust comes from knowing that both you and the other person live with eternal persistence to utter responsibility for the content and quality of every thought. The practical responsibility to trust comes from knowing that it’s always my turn to go first and that this ability does not come from some outside source. This place where our thoughts are constructive and creative in all things; where our thinking is whole and perfect always, seems doable to me. The mere recognition of this principal opens to us insight on how vast – how causal – we are, even while we find ourselves momentarily clothed in form.

“Temples have their sacred images, and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind; but, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.”

– J. Edwards

“Though an inheritance of acres may be bequeathed, an inheritance of knowledge and wisdom cannot. The wealthy man may pay others for doing his work for him, but it is impossible to get his thinking done for him by another or to purchase any kind of self-culture.”

– S. Smiles

December 26, 2007 — 3:02 pm